Eaton Bishop No. 1
INFORMATION
Font ID: 09639EAT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, base only
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century ([base only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael & All Angels
Site Location: Herefordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 6-7 km W of Hereford
Additional Comments: recycled church: the old bowl removed to a different church
Font Notes:
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Described in Herefordshire (1931-1934, vol. I: 60): "Font: stem with four main and four subsidiary attached shafts with chamfered bases on a round moulded plinth, 13th-century, bowl modern, old bowl now [i.e., ca. 1930] at Credenhill church." [cf. Index entry for Eaton Bishop No. 2 for the old bowl at Credenhill]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round [modern]
Basin Exterior Shape: round [modern]
REFERENCES
- Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1931-1934, vol. I: p. 60